Act abolishing the Kingly Office

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The Act abolishing the Kingly Office was a 1649 law passed during the English Civil War that formally ended the monarchy in England and declared the country a republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
English dominions ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Island of Ireland

Wales ⓘ
chronologicallyAfter execution of Charles I on 1649-01-30 ⓘ
chronologicallyBefore Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth ⓘ
consequence beginning of the English Interregnum without a monarch ⓘ
legal basis for republican government in England ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dateOfPassage 1649-03-17 ⓘ
effect abolition of the English monarchy ⓘ
establishment of a republic in England ⓘ
removal of the office of King in England ⓘ
follows abolition of the House of Lords ⓘ
execution of Charles I ⓘ
governingBodyAfterEnactment Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
governmentTypeEstablished Commonwealth ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish Act for the abolishing the Kingly Office in England and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging ⓘ
historicalContext Interregnum ⓘ
historicalPeriod English Civil War ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalForm statute ⓘ
legalStatus repealed ⓘ
legislativeBody English Parliament ⓘ
Rump Parliament ⓘ
locationOfEnactment Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
mainSubject abolition of monarchy ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
motivatedBy Parliamentarian victory in the Second English Civil War ⓘ
opposedBy Royalists ⓘ
supporters of the Stuart monarchy ⓘ
partOf constitutional settlement of the English Interregnum ⓘ
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian ⓘ
relatedLegalAct Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth ⓘ
Instrument of Government ⓘ
repealedBy Convention Parliament ⓘ
Restoration settlement of 1660 ⓘ
significance first formal statutory abolition of monarchy in England ⓘ
statedPurpose to abolish the kingly office in England and its dominions ⓘ
to declare that the office of King is unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous to the liberty, safety, and public interest of the people ⓘ
temporalCoverage English Interregnum (1649–1660) ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
yearOfPassage 1649 ⓘ

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Rump Parliament → enacted → Act abolishing the Kingly Office ⓘ
Act abolishing the Kingly Office → relatedLegalAct → Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth ⓘ
linked to: Act abolishing the Kingly Office
Act abolishing the Kingly Office → hasTitleInEnglish → Act for the abolishing the Kingly Office in England and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging ⓘ
linked to: Act abolishing the Kingly Office
Act abolishing the Kingly Office → chronologicallyBefore → Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth ⓘ
linked to: Act abolishing the Kingly Office
Act abolishing the House of Lords → relatedTo → Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth ⓘ
linked to: Act abolishing the Kingly Office
Commonwealth period (1649–1653) → constitutionalDocument → Act abolishing the Kingly Office ⓘ